The Man in the Moon (Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson, 1899):
A man was tired of his life and decided he wished to be something else.
Changed from a blacksmith to a stone to a stone cutter to the sun to the moon. Was finally stuck as the moon and could not change again. Then became the man in the moon. Don't ask for too many things without facing consequences.
The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal (Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, 1912):
A tiger is stuck in a cage and pleads for brahman to let him out. Promised by the tiger that he would not eat the brahman he let him out of the cage. The tiger was a trickster and went back on his word. While the brahman was stalling before being eaten by the tiger and he begins explaining the story to a jackal. Who pretends to be confused and tricks the tiger into getting back in the cage. The trickster was tricked.
The Three Roses (The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922):
A mother with three daughters was going into town to visit the market and asked the daughters what they needed. Two of the daughters demanded many things while the last only had asked for three roses. While returning from the market the mother stumbled upon a castle with the most beautiful roses which she took three. Soon a basilisk appeared and demanded the mother hand over the daughter to repay for the roses. So the mother did and the daughter was forced to nurse the basilisk and then to cut his head off. A man appeared and they got married and lived in the castle. Similar to beauty and the beast.
A man was tired of his life and decided he wished to be something else.
Changed from a blacksmith to a stone to a stone cutter to the sun to the moon. Was finally stuck as the moon and could not change again. Then became the man in the moon. Don't ask for too many things without facing consequences.
The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal (Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, 1912):
A tiger is stuck in a cage and pleads for brahman to let him out. Promised by the tiger that he would not eat the brahman he let him out of the cage. The tiger was a trickster and went back on his word. While the brahman was stalling before being eaten by the tiger and he begins explaining the story to a jackal. Who pretends to be confused and tricks the tiger into getting back in the cage. The trickster was tricked.
The Three Roses (The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922):
A mother with three daughters was going into town to visit the market and asked the daughters what they needed. Two of the daughters demanded many things while the last only had asked for three roses. While returning from the market the mother stumbled upon a castle with the most beautiful roses which she took three. Soon a basilisk appeared and demanded the mother hand over the daughter to repay for the roses. So the mother did and the daughter was forced to nurse the basilisk and then to cut his head off. A man appeared and they got married and lived in the castle. Similar to beauty and the beast.
Roses. Mike Cohen, 2008. Flickr.
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